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Originally posted by niterydr@Nov 13 2003, 12:45 AM
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@Nov 12 2003, 08:46 PM
In my experiences, I was able to keep the money and have it fixed at my own shop of choice.* Then, I would buy all used parts, do what I can, and pocket some money after the body shop finishes it.* I have never had that much damage done to my car though and it was never my fault.* The most recent was when I was rearended in my 86 accord.* the car had already been rearended 2 times prior (me having fixed the work when it was my moms car).* The insurance quote to fix was $1000 at lehmans.* I took the money and ran.* $20 later (bondo) the car looked fine.* Good to hear they didn't total it though.
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I would have done that but for 2 things.
1) the car has a loan on it, and the check would of been made out to the loan instituation before me.
2) the damage was so great that I wasn't sure what to expect, the original estimate was $5200, now the 'bill' is just at $7000 and still climbing.
and this is will all used/factory parts no special rims, no cf panels, no nothing.
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Damn that sucks.. That doesn't leave you with much to do... Hopfully you will get everything figured.
Best of luck [/b][/quote]
doesn't matter to me, its the insurance company thats getting screwed.
It will cost me less than $614 to get nearly my entire car repainted, pretty cheap when you realize my paint is a multi-stage pearl.
($500 deductible and $114 for towing, the body shop guy is trying to help me 'cut corners' to help cover my deductible). I also found out recently they are totaling my 2 rims that are scratched for nearly $400, so we are down to $214 or so now for a full paint job, going for even money baby :woowoo: